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PARIS: Arsenal and Chelsea have reached the last 16 games of the Europa League this Thursday, February 21 after the Gunners easily won against BATE Borisov 3-0 and the troubled side of Maurizio Sarri relieved some of the pressure on him in the face of mediocre Malmo.
After losing 1-0 in Belarus, Arsenal was tied after just three minutes, when Zakhar Volkov cut the center of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ahead of Denis Scherbitski in his own goal.
The Unai Emery team was right to play thanks to two decisive headers from Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis either side of the break, which put them in the draw on Friday.
"We wanted that result, but we also wanted to play for our fans here, we did our best to come back (tied) and the team worked very well," Emery told BT Sport.
Before scoring 2-1 after the first leg in Sweden, Chelsea had to wait 10 minutes after the break to see the first signs of excitement. Olivier Giroud scored the decisive goal of the match at Stamford Bridge.
Ross Barkley is badured of the win thanks to a super-free kick in the 74th minute, just after Malmo's Rasmus Bengtsson was sent off for his second offense to be booked, before 18-year-old Callum Hudson-Odoi years, does not make the most of a rare game start. s' crush at home the third.
"The boys played really well today and we worked hard throughout the match," said Hudson Odoi, a highly rated Bayern Munich target in January.
"The goal that was achieved in the end was definitely a bonus for our way of playing."
Italy's Carlo Ancelotti defeated FC Zurich 2-0. They won 5-1 overall, while Inter Milan led 5-0 after sweeping four goals from the unanswered Rapid Vienna to San Siro.
RENNES MAKES THE HISTORY
The Rennes Frenchmen make for the first time the last 16 of a major European tournament after winning the most entertaining match of round 6-4 overall after their 3-1 win against Real Betis.
The goals of Ramy Bensebaini and Adrien Hunou gave Rennes a two-goal lead in the first half-hour, but the tie was called into question when Giovani Lo Celso reduced the score four minutes before half-time .
While the Betis were trying to equalize and score goals on the outside, M 'Baye Niang was signing an injury stoppage to allow the Ligue 1 team to qualify.
RB Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb and Zenit St. Petersburg all beat the first-leg deficit. The Austrians beat Club Brugge 4-0 to pbad 5-2 and Croatian Dinamo champions 4-2 overall after a crushing 3-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen.
Zenit defeated Fenerbahce 3-1 in Russia, Magomed Ozdoev and Sardar Azmoun giving the hosts an overall lead before Mehmet Topal scored the Turkish goal just before half-time.
However, during his debut at Zenit, the Iranian international Azmoun scored another 14 minutes before the end to allow Sergei Semak 's team to qualify.
Pablo Fornals beat Villarreal in front of Lisbon Sporting with a nice curling shot that allowed the La Liga team to draw 1-1 and win 2-1 overall, while Benfica beat Galatasaray 2 to 1 after a draw in Portugal.
Krasnodar surprised the Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga) by a draw (1-1) that led to the abandonment.
Eintracht Frankfurt saved Germany by sweeping Shakhtar Donetsk with a thrilling victory from 4 to 1, which earned them a 6-3 victory overall.
Scotland's participation in Europe ended after Celtic's 1-0 defeat to Valencia, already beaten to 2-0 in the first leg in Glasgow and winning in Spain thanks to a shot by Kevin Gameiro in the 70th minute.
Europa League 32 last, return leg:
Chelsea (ENG) 3 Malmo (SWE) 0 (Chelsea win 5-1 in total)
Inter Milan (ITA) 4 Rapid Vienna (AUT) 0 (Inter Milan win 5-0 in total)
Benfica (POR) 0 Galatasaray (TUR) 0 (Benfica win 2-1 in the whole)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 1 Olympiacos (GRE) 0 (Dynamo Kiev wins 3-2 overall)
Real Betis (ESP) 1 Rennes (FRA) 3 (Rennes wins 6-4 in total)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 1 Krasnodar (RUS) 1 (Krasnodar qualifies for goals on the outside)
Genk (BEL) 1 Prague Slavia (CZE) 4 (Slavia Prague wins 4-1 overall)
Arsenal (ENG) 3 BATE (BLR) 0 (Arsenal win 3-1 in total)
Villarreal (ESP) 1 Sporting (POR) 1 (Villarreal wins 2-1 overall)
Zenith St. Petersburg (RUS) 3 Fenerbahce (TUR) 1 (Zenit St. Petersburg wins 3-2 overall)
Valencia (ESP) 1 Celtic (SCO) 0 (Valencia win 3-0 in total)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 4 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Eintracht Frankfurt win 6-3 in total)
Napoli (ITA) 2 FC Zurich (SUI) 0 (Napoli wins 5-1 overall)
RB Salzburg (AUT) 4 Club Brugge (BEL) 0 (RB Salzburg wins 5-2 overall)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 3 Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 0 (Dinamo Zagreb win 4-2 overall)
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